Three Strong Women (6+)
A MUSICAL THEATER TALE FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
Dedicated to Anna Politkovskaïa (1958-2006), Razan al-Najjar (1997-2018), Malala Yousafzai (1997) and all the women of yesterday, today and tomorrow who have the courage and the strength to keep on working for a humane and solidary world, despite all the intimidation and violence.
lees meerAfter the creation of Prinses Turandot (2011) and Fidelio (2015), this time Judith Vindevogel was inspired by an ancestral Japanese tale that humorously breaks down gender clichés.
Eternal Mountain is a famous wrestler, whose greatest assets are bulging muscles and a fat neck. But Malala, Razanna and the old Anna show him that real strength is not only a question of muscles and physical strength.
Duration of the performance: approx. 45 minutes
| artistic direction & text | Judith Vindevogel |
| narrator Dutch version | Judith Vindevogel (autumn 2020) /Katelijne Verbeke (spring 2021) |
| narrator French version | Marie-Rose Mysman |
| composition, percussion & koto | Tsubasa Hori |
| live illustrations | Sarah Yu Zeebroek |
| dramaturgy | Kleo Van Ostade |
| scenography & lights | Stef Depover |
| costume design | Lies Van Assche |
| costume realisation | Ryoko Sato, Bea Crevecoeur, Manuela Lauwers & Else Bogaerts |
| productie | WALPURGIS |
| with the support of | ccBe & De Munt |
| thanks to | Paula Stulemeijer & Fumiyo Ikeda |
artistic direction & text
Judith Vindevogel
narrator Dutch version
Judith Vindevogel (autumn 2020) /Katelijne Verbeke (spring 2021)
narrator French version
Marie-Rose Mysman
composition, percussion & koto
Tsubasa Hori
live illustrations
Sarah Yu Zeebroek
dramaturgy
Kleo Van Ostade
scenography & lights
Stef Depover
costume design
Lies Van Assche
costume realisation
Ryoko Sato, Bea Crevecoeur, Manuela Lauwers & Else Bogaerts
productie
WALPURGIS
with the support of
ccBe & De Munt
thanks to
Paula Stulemeijer & Fumiyo Ikeda
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Interviews
De Munt, oktober 2019
“ÊTRE FORT ‘SIGNIFIE BIEN PLUS QUE ROULER DES MÉCANIQUES.”
The first reactions of the public
“It is often said that one must constantly stimulate children, but what happens in a performance when for once you dare to focus on something small, something simple, something intimate? Look at the way a child’s jaw drops on seeing something seemingly simple such as someone balancing a bamboo stick on their head. What happens when you learn that strength is more than just muscles, and that there is also such as thing as resilience, and that the strength of a calm mind and a peaceful soul forms the basis of everything? … I enjoyed it enormously, and clearly so did the children in the audience. They left the theatre singing. One six-year-old even spontaneously started talking about ‘centrifugal force’. It is exceedingly clear that this production has planted seeds.”
Astrid Stockman, soprano with Stokman & Vos